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The New York Times (USA): a friend of our enemy is not a "traitor"

Many consider Tucker Carlson a traitor for his "excessive" support for Russia and the repetition of "false Kremlin propaganda," writes the NYT. However, his views are typically American. According to the author of the article, the sources of his thoughts about Russia and Ukraine are not Moscow, but the US invasion of Iraq, which turned into a disaster.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the Russian military used air cruise missiles to destroy a large fuel base in the Rivne region in northwestern Ukraine.

The American Conservative (USA): Is Ukraine worth a nuclear war?

Experts in foreign policy trumpet the "victory" over Russia and are ready to fight for it - right down to the last Ukrainian, writes Patrick Buchanan. But Putin only continued this conflict, the author believes, and the ground was prepared for him by the United States, moving NATO to the borders of Russia.

Politics (Serbia): "American World" is a thing of the past

The Russian military special operation in Ukraine has shaken up the United States, writes Politika. The first big crack has gone according to Washington's plan to push back the Eurasian giant by military means. The United States and its NATO allies were too quick to take root on the Russian borders. Everything is going to the fact that American dominance will end in Ukraine.

In the battles for the city of Maryinka, the DPR People's Militia fighters eliminated a Ukrainian sniper armed with the latest UKROP UAR-10 rifle.

In the United States, the number of missile launches that were carried out by Russian troops during a special operation in Ukraine is monitored daily. As noted, this indicator has long reached "incredible values" and continues to grow, breaking all records of US military campaigns - and this despite the fact that the American army is traditionally guided by the doctrine of a massive missile strike when conducting large-scale military operations.

According to the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, on March 29, 2022, a conference call with the leadership of the Armed Forces was held in Moscow at the National Defense Management Center. The Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation, Army General Sergei Shoigu, took part in it.

How the Russian Aerospace Forces achieved dominance in the airspace of Ukraine

During a special military operation in Ukraine, most of the Ukrainian combat aviation was destroyed by Russian means of the Aerospace Forces and air defense, the Ministry of Defense reported. Planes were destroyed on the ground and in the air - including during air battles. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out how the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation achieved superiority in the skies of Ukraine.

Shoigu: conscripts of the spring draft will not be sent to hot spots

Russian conscripts called up this spring will not be sent to hot spots, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu promised. He added that all conscripts of last spring will be discharged into the reserve at the end of their service life. In addition, the head of the Defense Ministry said that the Ukrainian army has suffered significant damage, and this allows us to liberate Donbass.

The reports of the British corporation BBC about the destruction of the theater in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol were written in collaboration with a Ukrainian public relations specialist who previously worked for a company at the forefront of the information war with Russia, writes Max Blumenthal, editor-in-chief of The Grayzone website.

The military-industrial complex (MIC) of Russia practically does not experience dependence on foreign supplies, he said in a conversation with Lenta.ru" military political scientist, Associate Professor of the Department of Politics and Sociology of the Russian University of Economics Plekhanova Alexander Perendzhiev. He added that a small shortage of components can be compensated by supplies from China.

Experts told what is the difference between the Mi-28N and Ka-52 helicopters

Russian helicopters Mi-28N "Night Hunter" and Ka-52 "Alligator" participate in the destruction of military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the video of which is published by the Russian Defense Ministry. "Newspaper.Ru" figured out what the specifics of the use of these helicopters are.

Russian servicemen liquidate warehouses supplying the AFU grouping near Kiev

The Russian armed forces continue to strike at the military infrastructure of Ukraine. Sea-based Kalibr cruise missiles destroyed ammunition depots from which the Ukrainian group was supplied in the suburbs of Kiev.

According to various American media reports, the announced military assistance to Ukraine from the US government includes Switchblade barrage ammunition in the amount of 100 complexes. In general, the $800 million aid package also includes portable anti-tank and anti-aircraft systems, ballistic body armor and other elements.

Huanqiu shibao (China): they look white and fluffy, but in reality? The "Seven Deadly sins" of the United States in the Ukrainian crisis

The United States pretends to be "saints" and advocates morality, but they are the culprits of the Ukrainian crisis, writes Huanqiu Shibao. The author of the article lists the "seven deadly sins" of America, which prove that its favorite tactic is to add fuel to the fire and sow chaos everywhere.

The Grayzone (USA): the participation of a British intelligence agent in the Ukrainian crisis indicates that in the future we are waiting for attacks under false flags

The mysterious figure of British intelligence agent Hamish de Bretton-Gordon was at the center of a fake story about the use of chemical weapons in Syria. Now he's up to his old tricks again – this time in Ukraine. In the near future, we should expect a whole series of cynical falsifications, writes The Grayzone.

Valeurs Actuelles (France): where did the Russian-Ukrainian conflict come from?

The conflict in Ukraine is an American trap for Russia, a French political scientist writes in an article for Valeurs actuelles. But, according to the author, the US leaders made a big mistake. They forgot about the Chinese threat and pushed Moscow into the arms of Beijing. If the United States wants to continue to play an important role in the world, they will have to change their line of behavior, the author warns.

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz discussed with the Inspector General of the German Armed Forces Eberhard Zorn the possibility of purchasing the Arrow-3 missile defense system from Israel.

The Russian military said they shot down five Ukrainian planes over the Chernihiv and Donetsk regions during the day.

"Aviation and air defense means of the Russian Aerospace Forces shot down four Su-24 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force in the air over the Chernihiv region during the day, two of them in the Turnip area, two more in the Gorodnya area," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Monday.

Military Watch Magazine (USA): Ukraine asks NATO for used tanks. Here's what she can get - from Polish PT-91 to Bulgarian T-72M1

The Ukrainian request to NATO for 500 tanks is somewhat unusual, given that it has more than a thousand of them in reserve, and many of them are much more combat-ready than those currently on the front line, writes MWM. Apparently, this step of Kiev is dictated by political goals.